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20:40 • 24.10.13Lara Fabian cancels concert in UzbekistanIn a message on the social-networking website Facebook on October 24, Fabian said that she was shocked to discover that she was being used as a \"shop window\" for the Uzbek regime ...
09:39 • 24.10.13Michael Jackson tops Forbes list of top-earning dead celebritiesMuch of the singer's cash has come from his two Cirque Du Soleil shows. Immortal grossed an impressive $300 million since opening last year and Las Vegas show One 'regularly sells out…'
21:04 • 23.10.13Peace Summit Award 2013 to Sharon StoneThe Award is bestowed for “her activities that brought solidarity and new hope to the millions of people who have fought and are fighting against the tragedy of HIV / AIDS…”
16:38 • 22.10.13Armenian ‘orphan rug’ is in White House storage, as unseen as genocide is neglected - The Washington PostThe rug was woven by orphans in the 1920s and formally presented to the White House in 1925. A photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge standing on the carpet ...
16:08 • 22.10.13Residents of Turkish village call for restoring Armenian church (photos)Due to battles that lasted years, the local authorities did not manage to register and repair the construction. But it is still possible to observe Armenian inscriptions ...
12:39 • 22.10.13Carpet Museum to open in Nagorno-Karabakh city of ShushiThe aim of opening the museum is to save the traditional carpets of Karabakh (Artsakh) from oblivion and destruction and to prevent Azerbaijan’s cultural appropriation attempts ...
13:00 • 20.10.13Guards posted to protect graffiti by Banksy in NYMost of the Banksy works that have gone up in New York have been tagged over by others, and some have been completely erased…
13:35 • 19.10.13Assange: 'The Fifth Estate is destined to be a box office failure'"The movie is destined to be a box-office failure. Audiences prefer combative underdog stories ...
20:58 • 18.10.13Miniatured world in Elgin ParkFor over 25 years, Michael Paul Smith has been creating detailed scale models. Elgin Park is a virtual community containing a collection of 1/24 scale recreations of everyday scenes from mid-20th...
18:38 • 18.10.13Exhibition of Armenian life-termers’ works in Yerevan“Some of the 104 life-termers were sentenced when they were aged 18 to 21. In European countries young people aged 18-21 are not sentenced to life…”
15:31 • 18.10.13Sheron Stone to receive Nobel Peace Prize in WarsawThe ceremony will be held in the National Opera in Warsaw on October 23rd with the presence of Nobel Peace Laureates ...
13:06 • 18.10.13My weapon is my biography – Ex-culture minister positive on Writers’ Union presidency plan“I see myself in any kind of character. I have proved with my biography that I can be both a good or bad organizer and a writer with a good or poor creative talent ...
21:03 • 17.10.13Stunning exhibition of El Dorado reveals savage truth behind lost city legendOne star exhibit in this show is a flask in the shape of a jaguar made from hammered gold sheets — with a platinum ring strung through its nose. Platinum was as prized ...
20:34 • 17.10.13Edward Militonyan says he’ll promote reforms in Writers’ Union if elected presidentIn an interview with Tert.am, the Edward Militonyan, the Armenian writer and publicist who has nominated his candidacy for the Writers’ Union president, shares outlook of future reforms ...
13:14 • 17.10.13Armenian artist’s fresco to be restoredThe Ministry of Culture has involved the private sector in the restoration process as well. Four frescos need restoring, one by Minas Avetisyan and three by Rafael Atoyan…